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- Message-ID: <IBM-MAIN%92091414523115@VM1.CC.UAKRON.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 14:42:23 HAE
- Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion list <IBM-MAIN@RICEVM1.BITNET>
- From: Jean Bedard <ADMIN@VM1.ULAVAL.CA>
- Subject: Re: Bitnet vs Internet
- In-Reply-To: Message of Mon,
- 14 Sep 1992 12:19:44 EDT from <STAN@VM.TEMPLE.EDU>
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- Maybe I'm wrong, but your questin seems to be, "Can we replace ListServ
- (and VM, maybe) by another List Server on the Internet".
-
- I suppose the answer is Yes, since there are many discussion lists on the
- Internet; however, you must check if these have the same possibilities,
- or better, if you need some of ListServ's possibilities, namely:
-
- List features:
- - Automatic subscription and Un-subscription of members on a list
- - Making a list confidential (open only to subscribers)
- File features:
- - Controlling access to a file someone wants to GET
- - Automatic file Distribution when a file has been changed (or sending
- a notice of the change)
-
- (at least, these are the features I'm interested in! so:)
- -Etc.
-
- If something on the Internet provides this (P.S. I'd like to know) or
- if you don't need it, then OK, go on. Otherwise...
-
- Now (I think) you can drop the Bitnet link and still keep ListServ
- operating, but I don't know what will happen to file handling... and to
- the distribution of the ListServ code itself...
-
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- Jean Bedard, C.T.I., Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada
- Resp. VM/CMS, NetNorth, Listserv Bitnet: ADMIN AT LAVALVM1
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